Ok ladies LOL I made 196 korkers so far....HOW in the HECK do you get the woodburner to cut them without killing your ribbon! For me it is just quicker to cut and lighter seal, becasue I tried with the WB, and I kept knicking the ribbon with the burner....WHAT am I doing wrong? And as far as the drill OH I have given up on that! I cant get an even curl! URGH **sorry to hijack the thread

Ok ladies LOL I made 196 korkers so far....HOW in the HECK do you get the woodburner to cut them without killing your ribbon! For me it is just quicker to cut and lighter seal, becasue I tried with the WB, and I kept knicking the ribbon with the burner....WHAT am I doing wrong? And as far as the drill OH I have given up on that! I cant get an even curl! URGH **sorry to hijack the thread

gave up on the drill too, my ribbon gets all overlapped! And I also cut and lighter seal mine...but mostly because I haven't had the time to open up the woodburner yet.

Sorry can't find the usb to upload pics this late. But anyhoo, try 1/16 -13/16" x 4" cable ties. Just got them from my husbands nite stand. Been meaning to try them. I believe these will work because I tried the larger width ties and it was tight but I could still pull out the korker. Since these are much thinner it might work. Also, you might want to add some E6000 in between the korkers when using the cable ties. No, I have NOT tried this method because I'm doing a MILLION other things around the house but have it on my list to try when I get the time. Let us know how this works. It may be the answer for us all.

Ok ladies LOL I made 196 korkers so far....HOW in the HECK do you get the woodburner to cut them without killing your ribbon! For me it is just quicker to cut and lighter seal, becasue I tried with the WB, and I kept knicking the ribbon with the burner....WHAT am I doing wrong? And as far as the drill OH I have given up on that! I cant get an even curl! URGH **sorry to hijack the thread

To keep from knicking the adjacent curls I take my finger and thumb and spread the curls apart so I have clear access to the part I'm going to cut with the wood burner. Does that make sense? (just be careful not to knick your fingers. ha!ha!) I can cut and seal a dowel of korkers in about 2 minutes!!

ok spreading with fingers makes sence, but 2 min. is way to long, when it only takes me about 45 seconds to cut and seal with a ligher! 2 min a dowel would be 8 min a korker plus 2 to assemble, that just seems to long for me lol.....urgh if only there was a machine, you just stick your ribbon in and out come perfectly korked, cut and sealed ribbon, a girl can dream cant she?